Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-06-01
DAILY HERALD.
A BEAUTIFUL SCENE.
Opening of the New
Boston Store
BY MR.. J.. w. ROBINSON.
An Establishment That is a Credit
to Los Angeles and South
ern California.

store OF j. W ROBINSON, at NOS, IL an
70 North Spring street, was last nigh
thrown open to the public, and by eigh
O'Clock fully three hundred of our bes
people were strollng through the estat
lishment, and were loud in their prais
of the completeness and beauty of th
emporium. The store was beautiful.
illuminated with electric lights an,
bright gas jets. The lady and gentle
men clerks were very neatly dressed
And the variety of new and bright good
and the store itself was shown off to the
best advantage and under the most
favorable circumstances. Mr.. Robinson
who has been in the dry goods business
since he was thirteen years OF age,
twenty eight years ago, is the exclusive
owner of this palatial dry goods house.
Four years ago he came to Lbs Angeles
from Waltham, Massachusetts, and
established the &c Boston Store" on
Spring and Temple streets. By strict
attention to business and successful
catering to the desires and wants OF
purchasers of dry goods, he built up a
trade for his house which to-day has
placed him in the position of the leading
cry goods merchant of Southern Cali
fornia. The store is, without doubt,
the finest south of San Francisco,
and in many rnspects equal to
the establishment of j. j. O'Brien, in
San Francisco, which is known to be
the finest store west of Chicago, not ex.
cepting st. Louis.
In order to give our readers an idea of
this mammoth store, a brief description
will be necessary, as we'll as interesting.
The passer.by is at once struck with the
unique and tasteful show windows on
either side of the entrance. The windows
are each l5 feet long by feet wide,
and 20 feet high, and are lighted from
the outside by electric lights. which
were specially arranged by Professor
Warren so as to throw their scintillations
full upon the windows, and produce a
beautiful, soft and full light, aud show
off the wares advantageously. On en-
tering the store the gorgeousness OF the
fittings, which must have consumed con-
siderable time, is at once observable.
On either side are counters of rich,
Spanish cedar wood. the entire length of
the store, which is AZ feet wide and l6S
feet long. In the center is another
counter of the same material and
length, and on the front part OF which
is a beautiful showcase 63 feet long
from the front center and along the
sides. This showcase is of fine French
plate glass, and was especially made for
the store by Rafael & Schlesinger, the
well.known Main street firm. These
counters on which the numerous goods
of Mr.. Robinson's will be displayed,
were made by J. c. Hyde, and painted
by George Lott. In the center of the
middle or main counter is the cashiers
desk, furnished with all the modern
improvements, and among which is an
electric bell alarm for summoning the
cash boys. Directly behind this desk is
a spacious apartment for the bundle
wrappers. In the middle of the right
hand side counter is an entrance
to ladies' toilet room, and
back from that is long room
for reserve goods. Behind this is a
comfortably furnished gents toilet room,
and another room for reserve goods. In
the rear of the building is Mr.. Robin.
sons office, which is connected with the
helps room, where their time OF coming
TO and going from work and lunch is
recorded. Directly east of this room is
the elevator, which will be utilized to
hoist the goods to the New High Street
entrance, where the delivery wagons
will be stationed. The west or left
counter is divided in different depart
ments and is as comfortably arranged as
the other counters, all of which are pro.
vided with soft cushioned revolving
stools for the convenience and comfort of
purchasers. The store is also provided
with SIMPSONS patent cash ball carrier,
which takes the money with tag for
the amount of ones purchases to a
cashier on an elevated platform, who
returns the change in the same ball,
while the bundles are being neatly at
tended to by experienced men in the
wrapping department. The store Will
be under the superintendency of Mr.. J.
M. Lashbrook, who has been with Mr..
Robinson ever since he entered business
here. The departments of the store will
be separate and under experienced
statesmen who thoroughly understand
their business and will be able to wait
upon customers with dispatch. The
departments are so classified that the
floor walkers will direct persons to
where they can make purchases in the
following lines: Gents furnishing goods,
linen goods, domestic, drapery and shade
prints, wash goods, white goods, sateen
goods, velvet, silk and black goods,
notions, lace goods and gloves, parasols,
corsets, ladies' children's and infants
underwear, wool dress goods, ladies and
children's suits.
The help of the store is very large and
consists of sixty-eight salesmen ano
ladies, twelve cash boys, four cashiers
two bookkeepers, four bundle wrappers,
two porters and two drivers for the
wagons which will deliver purchasers
goods free of charge. 1t is almost need
less to state that Mr.. Robinson will in
the future keep the same stock OF mrs,
class goods as he has in the past, and
will sell them as low as honest business
principles will permit. Mr.. Robinson
will keep two buyers, one OF whom VII
go to New York every month and re
main one day and purchase for the bos
ton Store all the latest novelties in thu
eastern market and thus Mr.. Robinsoni
stock and styles will be kept up tn,
same as the eastern houses. Mr.. ID. w
Robinson, father of j. w. Robinson
will be in charge of the eastern buyinl
house, which is established at "
Chauucy street, in Boston. Mr.. Robin
son intends to conduct wholesale DIR.
goods house as well, and for that pur
pose is reft.ing and renovating his oil
store on the corner of Temple an
Spring streets. He will carry one
the finest and largest stocks in Califor
MIA and will supply the dry goods house
of this entire southern country. Sue
citizens as Mr.. Robinson do much
advance the progress of the comm
metropolis.
Marriage Licenses.